AWS Media Services

Elastic Transcoder

• It converts the several media and stores it and convert it to the system adaptable format (android, ios)
• Workflow

o   The audio files get stored in S3, which invokes lambda function.
o   This lambda function would invoke Elastic Transcoder, which would convert to different format.
o   And then it would be stored in S3.

• Pay based on the minutes that you transcode and the resolution at which you transcode.

Media Convert

• it converts the media to storage

Media Live

• it helps in live streaming

Media Package

• It provides the complete package.

Media Store

• it stores the media

Media Tailor

• it helps in putting the content like advertisement into the media.

From the lifecycle of media, the above services can be linked in the following ways:

Media ==> Media Live (Live)
Media ==> Media Convert (conversion) ==> Media Store (Storage) ==> Media Tailor (Putting advertisement) ==> Media Package (complete package)